Court OKs ban due to handicap in nursing school
Supreme Court rules handicapped persons have no federal right to admission if they cannot meet physical qualifications. Frances Davis, hearing impaired and licensed practical nurse, was denied entry to Southeastern Community College's nursing program. The decision says the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 does not compel affirmative relief and upholds the college's admission standards.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Southeastern Community College
Whiteville
N.C
Frances Davis
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Southeastern
Davis
Fairmont
Kaiser
Gramercy
Brian Weber
Madalyn Murray O’hair
U.S
Dawn at Crab Orchard Lake Sailboat Club
A surreal scene at Southern Illinois University Carbondale shows the Sailboat Club dock on Crab Orchard Lake captured with a fisheye lens and infrared film. The 180 degree view makes greens appear white and the sky turn black, while the sun glows eerily to the left despite a stormy impression in the haze.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Sailboat Club
Crab Orchard Lake
FTC opens massive gasoline probe
The FTC and a House energy subcommittee launch a joint wide ranging probe into the gasoline shortage. Alfred F. Dougherty Jr. cites possible stockpiling and antitrust violations while urging access to internal oil company memos from 1978 79 to explain supply shortfalls. DOE and Justice Antitrust also probe, with FTC reviewing results and potential subpoena driven action.
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Washington Star
Washington
House Energy
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Alfred F. Dougherty Jr
Bureau of Competition
House
Dougherty
House Subcommittee On Energy and Power
John D. Dingell
Dmich
Secretary of Energy
James R
DOE
American Petroleum Institute
Forecast Favors Clear Skies Over Southern Illinois
The Southern Illinois Airport weather service predicts clear skies for Southern Illinois through Wednesday with highs in the upper 80s and lows near 60. Tonight should be clear with a low around 60, and Tuesday looks sunny with a high near 87. A Menard Prison supervisor has been suspended amid allegations of plotting to kill the warden.
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Southern
Menard
Six fail in effort to flee Marion prison escape attempt
Six Marion federal penitentiary inmates armed with homemade zip guns tried to scale two 12 foot fences but were halted by guards. One inmate suffered a scalp wound from a tower rifle fire and two were wounded by barbed wire, while eight zip guns were found among the group. The incident prompted an FBI probe and disciplinary hearings.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Marion Federal Penitentiary
M.C. Lennon
Larry Lucas
Custer
Donald A. Morgan
Fairbanks
Alaska
Donald G. Richardson
Addison
Inl
Roger Black
Milton
W.va
William Newman
Atlanta
Peter Mauchlin
New York City
Lennon
Morgan
Richardson
Kansas City
Salem
Illinois
Indiana
Canada
Missouri
Marion prison escape record shows 13 attempts in 16 years
Sunday’s failed breakout marked the 13th Marion federal penitentiary escape in 16 years. The chart lists 13 prior attempts from 1966 to 1979, with inmates ranging from one to five per incident, all ultimately captured or killed, including escapes by truck, helicopter hijack, and fence breaches.
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Butch Nevious
Ann Landers
Wit’s End
Marion
FBI
Ciplinary Committee
Black
Newman
Mauchlin
Lucas
Albert Garza
el Paso
Texas
Howard Zumberge
Minneapolis, Minn
Federal
Benton
Lawrence Caldwell
Las Vegas
Barbara Oswald
St. Louis
Garrett Brock Trapnell
Kenneth Johnson
Martin McNally
Cypress
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